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are getting us no results. we know that to lower the cost for all americans we must lower their energy bills. and we know that the cheapest form of energy out there is oil and gas. and yet the president puts out a bare-bones policy, but yet claims to want to create jobs. the lowest unemployment rate in this country exists in north dakota and the reason that unemployment is so low there is because they understand that drilling equals jobs. now, let's see what's going on up in the dakotas. because if we would believe what the gentlemen and ladies across the aisle would lead us to believe, is that the areas that we would like to open up do not contain any resources, then they would believe, as the usgs
are getting us no results. we know that to lower the cost for all americans we must lower their energy bills. and we know that the cheapest form of energy out there is oil and gas. and yet the president puts out a bare-bones policy, but yet claims to want to create jobs. the lowest unemployment rate in this country exists in north dakota and the reason that unemployment is so low there is because they understand that drilling equals jobs. now, let's see what's going on up in the dakotas....
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thank you joining us. don't forget the house of representatives will vote on repeal of the affordable care act are you can stay tuned and watch that. stay tuned) are website, c- span.org, for all the activities we will run today when it comes to campaign 2012 issues. the website is c-span.org and the houses in at 10:00 and there just about to come in now so we will go to the house of representatives. h[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker: the house will be in order. pursuant to the order of the house of january 17, 2012, the chair will now recognize members from lists su
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they only tell us what they want us to hear. i always hear somebody saying that the people in media or the people that are holding the gold post for something. it seems like it is a bunch of people cheering one side or the other. you don't find out that we have here is corpus suspended year. we have no rights. that is why congress is basically pushing thing everything through without people's consent. people losing their rights pair of the get the impression they have rights here. i always thought that, when we started the airwaves, it was for the people, not for celebrities, global as, bankers, international bankers, leaders to sit behind closed doors and make deals with a lead in the world know what is really going on. host: where do you get your news? caller: high get the news from the internet, overseas, rt, and other media networks, satellite and everything else. guest: you will see that we have done a number of stories about his corpus and what has happened there. we do a number of stories that affect the ordinary people h
they only tell us what they want us to hear. i always hear somebody saying that the people in media or the people that are holding the gold post for something. it seems like it is a bunch of people cheering one side or the other. you don't find out that we have here is corpus suspended year. we have no rights. that is why congress is basically pushing thing everything through without people's consent. people losing their rights pair of the get the impression they have rights here. i always...
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none of the funds made available by this act may be used to enter into a contract using procedures that do not give to small businesses concerns owned and controlled by veterans as that term is defined in q-3-q that are included in the database under section 8127-f of title 38, united states code, any preference available with respect to such contract except for a preference give to small business owned by service disabled veterans in defined of section 3-q,. mr. young: mr. chairman, i reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the gentleman reserves a point of order. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. fitzpatrick: thank you, mr. chairman. for generations brave young men and women across the united states have answered the call of duty and service of our nation. now as the conflicts on foreign fields continue to wind down, we must ensure that we do not lose sight of the need to care for and provide for our returning veterans. our nation has learned from generations of veterans that war does not end when the camps are packed in, the planes are ground
none of the funds made available by this act may be used to enter into a contract using procedures that do not give to small businesses concerns owned and controlled by veterans as that term is defined in q-3-q that are included in the database under section 8127-f of title 38, united states code, any preference available with respect to such contract except for a preference give to small business owned by service disabled veterans in defined of section 3-q,. mr. young: mr. chairman, i reserve...
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mayor bob blockhorn is with us. -- mayor bob buckhorn is with us. thank you for joining us. the mayor is from falls church high school, the jaguars' them in 1976. that tells you how old i am. >> you have family here? >> my brother as a photojournalist on the white house detail for cnn. if you have somebody who looks like me with less care, that is my byounger brother. >> dad was upi? >> in its heyday. i remembered as a kid that we only had one car growing up so we would take my dad to work in the morning and the company afternoon. we parked and 14th street and i looked at the national press club that he would be sitting there typing away with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth and a bottle of whiskey in the drawer. >> we are about to invade your city. >> i can't wait. >> what do you hope we will remember about tampa? >> for most people coming to tampa, it is an untapped market. some of you in this room have never been to temple before so it is a mid-sized american city hosting an international event and other the olympics will be the most watched television this year. tamp
mayor bob blockhorn is with us. -- mayor bob buckhorn is with us. thank you for joining us. the mayor is from falls church high school, the jaguars' them in 1976. that tells you how old i am. >> you have family here? >> my brother as a photojournalist on the white house detail for cnn. if you have somebody who looks like me with less care, that is my byounger brother. >> dad was upi? >> in its heyday. i remembered as a kid that we only had one car growing up so we would...
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thank you for joining us. it's great to have you here and i know that you're hearing a lot in the state of ohio. ms. kaptur: i want to thank you, congressman tonko, for your leadership and on so many issues that relate to the well-being of the american people and our economy, health care is 1/6 of the leg of the stool that holds up the republic as a major industry. when you look at all of our medical hospitals, all of our schools, the nursing profession, dentistry, you take it all together, it is a massive employer across our country and congressman garamendi, i mean, coming from california, your experience is so vast in terms of your leadership at the state level there and now here as a member of congress. so i'm very proud to stand with colleagues from new york and california, coastal powerhouses, from the state of ohio right in the middle of the current there -- country there, and i wanted to add to your discussions this evening, some real life stories that illustrate what you've been talking about tonight.
thank you for joining us. it's great to have you here and i know that you're hearing a lot in the state of ohio. ms. kaptur: i want to thank you, congressman tonko, for your leadership and on so many issues that relate to the well-being of the american people and our economy, health care is 1/6 of the leg of the stool that holds up the republic as a major industry. when you look at all of our medical hospitals, all of our schools, the nursing profession, dentistry, you take it all together, it...
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behold, some of us in congress would have us do the exact opposite. the congressiers amendment would have potentially job killing jobs on the internet. we don't need government to stifle internet freedom like china, russia. i've convened multiple hearings on online privacy and had hearings with stakeholders and there's one thing that absolutely everyone agrees on, don't mess up with a great thing. ecommerce has created jobs for americans and provides a tremendous boost to an otherwise stagnant economy. this amendment could put all of that success in jeopardy, stifling growth. i remind my colleagues that an agency can still promulgate rules on privacy so long as they are not considered significant as defined in the bill. but what we don't need is a system where dueling bureaucrats and the s.e.c. and f.c.c. have conflicting rules for consumers. while the amendment sounds as if it is narrowly tailored to exempt privacy regulations from the interim prohibitions on midnight rules, the term privacy is nonetheless undefined. that's the very definition of loo
behold, some of us in congress would have us do the exact opposite. the congressiers amendment would have potentially job killing jobs on the internet. we don't need government to stifle internet freedom like china, russia. i've convened multiple hearings on online privacy and had hearings with stakeholders and there's one thing that absolutely everyone agrees on, don't mess up with a great thing. ecommerce has created jobs for americans and provides a tremendous boost to an otherwise stagnant...
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and what does that get us? the government study found inconclusive evidence that this would improve visibility at all. pro regulatory environmental groups are suing the e.p.a. and forcing the e.p.a.'s requirements through settlement and consent decrees. in my district, the e.p.a. entered into a consent decree with several groups which will affect the emission control technology at coal-fired power plants throughout the state. regulations have costly and job-killing implications and it is important that the rule making process is not written behind closed doors by activist groups and regulatory agencies. i am pleased that the -- that a bill that i have sponsored is included in this package, h r. 386 , the sunshine for regulatory decrees and settlements act this legislation provides transparency to these settlements and decrees which are used to dictate regulations behind closed doors and often without congressional consent if they miss a deadline. this ensures that there will be time for comment and it makes it
and what does that get us? the government study found inconclusive evidence that this would improve visibility at all. pro regulatory environmental groups are suing the e.p.a. and forcing the e.p.a.'s requirements through settlement and consent decrees. in my district, the e.p.a. entered into a consent decree with several groups which will affect the emission control technology at coal-fired power plants throughout the state. regulations have costly and job-killing implications and it is...
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programming and give us a return. well, after reviewing now what is a history of all of that, it was deemed that there were overpayments anywhere between 12% and 14%, so the dollars were slid over to programs like filling the doughnut hole and providing for screenings for our seniors. not taking it away from a category of health care consumers. in this case, an aged demographic of seniors, but taking those savings as we sweep those savings and reinvesting them in a way that provides balance, more sensitivity for the consumer rather than having record profits developed for an industry. to me that was progressive policy, and for people to then take those savings and use them in their own budget presentations for other purposes was disingenuous. now, when you talk about the efforts today of the affordable care act to include an exchange, what i think is oftentimes, representative garamendi, sometimes people see this as a public exchange that will be run by the government when in fact we set up an exchange and the private
programming and give us a return. well, after reviewing now what is a history of all of that, it was deemed that there were overpayments anywhere between 12% and 14%, so the dollars were slid over to programs like filling the doughnut hole and providing for screenings for our seniors. not taking it away from a category of health care consumers. in this case, an aged demographic of seniors, but taking those savings as we sweep those savings and reinvesting them in a way that provides balance,...
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this lets us know that this is an issue that affects us all. host: this is from twitter -- guest: people will find a way to abuse just about any issue. we know that handicapped parking is one of those issues that people could take advantage of. that does not mean it is not necessary and important to the people who needed. there has to be better enforcement. there also have to be better review of that eligibility. that does not mean the issue itself should not have better access to parking lots and businesses. host: here is another question -- guest: high would say the ada is not a current user but is recovering. we believe that people will experience addiction need to have assistance and help and our hope that they can turn our lives -- their lives around. these people don't just disappear if we don't treat them more work with them. you talk to police and you find that they know very well that putting these people out on the streets only causes other counts of public issues. host: the next slide looks at disability by race. every time we show n
this lets us know that this is an issue that affects us all. host: this is from twitter -- guest: people will find a way to abuse just about any issue. we know that handicapped parking is one of those issues that people could take advantage of. that does not mean it is not necessary and important to the people who needed. there has to be better enforcement. there also have to be better review of that eligibility. that does not mean the issue itself should not have better access to parking lots...
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and lastly this bill would ensure that no evidence attained from the use of drones may be used in administrative hearings. americans expect their constitutional rights will be protected at any time in our history or our future. so congress must decide when drones can and cannot be used to ensure constitutional safeguards. this decision cannot be left up to government agencies, special interest groups, or others. mr. speaker, technology may change, but the constitution does not. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: mr. speaker. there's plenty of blame for the near collapse of the economy over the last five years, greedy, even criminal business behavior, lax or nonexistence oversight, regulators asleep at the switch, clearly there were some reckless consumers and a failed political system. but as instructive as the postmortem might be, it's more important to avoid a repeat performance. what should we do? i would suggest we simplify, re
and lastly this bill would ensure that no evidence attained from the use of drones may be used in administrative hearings. americans expect their constitutional rights will be protected at any time in our history or our future. so congress must decide when drones can and cannot be used to ensure constitutional safeguards. this decision cannot be left up to government agencies, special interest groups, or others. mr. speaker, technology may change, but the constitution does not. and that's just...
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we will use the infrastructure trust where it makes sense for us. we will do we need to do on the water on our own. it is a tool, and where the tool works you will apply it, and where it does not work, you will not apply it. you have to have the tool available. the notion to you are not going to make something available to yourself when economic needs and the vitality of the city require it -- and i do not think we could have the type of job growth and a drop in unemployment -- it is not like i'm sitting next to google. we have a diverse economy. part of it is the job growth we got through the infrastructure and investment piece of it. >> the connections to manufacturing especially. it starts with low interest rates. can the cit take advantage of that? should mayor's look at that because you have that opportunity right now? >> let me say one clarifying thing. the trust is not for basic maintenance and upkeep. it is for transformative investments you can not do any other way. you have to have good people running the system. rosie is here also. there
we will use the infrastructure trust where it makes sense for us. we will do we need to do on the water on our own. it is a tool, and where the tool works you will apply it, and where it does not work, you will not apply it. you have to have the tool available. the notion to you are not going to make something available to yourself when economic needs and the vitality of the city require it -- and i do not think we could have the type of job growth and a drop in unemployment -- it is not like...
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we will not hesitate to use the tools available to us including the voting rights act if they are used to improperly denied the right to vote out. i completely and utterly to agree with him and evan bayh is our approach. >> i will contain -- and that in bodies of our approach. >> i will continue that discussion. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. mr. scott, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. perez, when southern states hospitals were segregated, and were integrated because president johnson conditioned the receipt of medicare and medicaid on a policy of nondiscrimination -- is a policy of nondiscrimination without exception as a condition to receiving federal money still a good idea? >> i am very familiar with title 6 with prohibits nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin. we have a section that aggressively enforces title 6. >> what about religious discrimination? >> as we have discussed>> the as to be committed to ensure that we partner with organizations in ways consistent with the law and
we will not hesitate to use the tools available to us including the voting rights act if they are used to improperly denied the right to vote out. i completely and utterly to agree with him and evan bayh is our approach. >> i will contain -- and that in bodies of our approach. >> i will continue that discussion. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. mr. scott, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr....
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money to good use. so in a -- so at a moment when our transportation needs are so great across the country, wouldn't it make sense to increase the f.t.a. budget? except that the house, expressing the priorities of its republican majority, recently passed a fiscal year 2013 appropriations bill that cut $181 million from current f.t.a. spending levels and at the same time, they're now presenting us with a different -- with -- excuse me work a department of defense spending bill that calls for $1.1 billion more in military spending over current levels. why are we all being asked to tighten our belts while the military-industrial complex gets to loosen theirs by a few notches year after year after year? if the federal budget crisis is so dire, mr. chairman so dire we can pinch pennies on badly needed infrastructure, surely we can do the same with a bloated pentagon budget that has been growing out of control for more than a decade now. and that's a simple concept we find behind my amendment. in the interest
money to good use. so in a -- so at a moment when our transportation needs are so great across the country, wouldn't it make sense to increase the f.t.a. budget? except that the house, expressing the priorities of its republican majority, recently passed a fiscal year 2013 appropriations bill that cut $181 million from current f.t.a. spending levels and at the same time, they're now presenting us with a different -- with -- excuse me work a department of defense spending bill that calls for...
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sent us here to do. let's answer the important challenge facing the country. let's start creating jobs for the american people. let's start now and let's stop wasting time on something that has already been satisfied. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from michigan. mr. walberg: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate so much that we've had this time of debate. again, trust but verify. this is a verifying opportunity. as has been said, the proposed regulation was pulled because of political challenges. the american people generally understand common sense. and this wasn't common sense. when we see the cost of regulations in this country right now being $10,000 per employee, we add this to the impact on the farm family, those that have incorporated, in order to carry on their business, and ultimately carry on farming for generations, we see additional problems. so we want to make sure that this debate carries through and ultimately we don'
sent us here to do. let's answer the important challenge facing the country. let's start creating jobs for the american people. let's start now and let's stop wasting time on something that has already been satisfied. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from michigan. mr. walberg: thank you, mr. speaker. i appreciate so much that we've had this time of debate. again, trust but verify. this is a verifying opportunity. as has...
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is selling -- telling us it could cost us 800,000 jobs. i remember talking to an employer in southern wisconsin not too long ago, family business, a big family business, a private business. the woman who runs this business, whose grandfather founded it, had tears coming down her face. because she provides health insurance for her employees, about $17,000 for a family plan, she's proud to do it. her competitors notified her at one of her trade association meetings, they're publicly traded, that they are going to have to dump everybody in obamacare and just pay the $2,000 per person fine. $15,000 difference per person between herself and her competitors. she was tell meg that she felt she had no choice. when the time came to dump her people into obamacare. that's what's going to happen in this country. people get dumped into obamacare, obamacare will underpay providers, providers will go out of business, they'll overcharge the private sector and we'll get a vicious cycle. here is the awful irony about this. we can have affordable access to a
is selling -- telling us it could cost us 800,000 jobs. i remember talking to an employer in southern wisconsin not too long ago, family business, a big family business, a private business. the woman who runs this business, whose grandfather founded it, had tears coming down her face. because she provides health insurance for her employees, about $17,000 for a family plan, she's proud to do it. her competitors notified her at one of her trade association meetings, they're publicly traded, that...
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take us from the supreme court ruling to implementation. tell us how that happens. then we can talk about the lobbying effort. guest: you want to go back to the 18 months before it was passed. the law the was passed was a big package of arrangements made with a lot of people. now that the law is upheld, a lot of people want to try to renegotiate the bargains cut. for employers, the key issue is a requirement for a workplace with 50 or more employees to pay a level of coverage or a penalty. they want changes to the regulations, primarily about how the law will wind up treating people who are temporary. this is a big issue for retail. there are folks that sued to prevent the law from going ahead to challenge it in court. the law our balls around the idea that individuals carry insurance or pay a fee. failing that, they would like it to be modified in their favor as much as they can get. the phone numbers are at the bottom of the screen. talk to us about insurers and hospitals and how the lobbying efforts are taking shape. >> their concern before the supreme court rule
take us from the supreme court ruling to implementation. tell us how that happens. then we can talk about the lobbying effort. guest: you want to go back to the 18 months before it was passed. the law the was passed was a big package of arrangements made with a lot of people. now that the law is upheld, a lot of people want to try to renegotiate the bargains cut. for employers, the key issue is a requirement for a workplace with 50 or more employees to pay a level of coverage or a penalty. they...
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the american people want us to move on. and what they would suggest is instead of listening to their inner glenn close that maybe house republicans should start listening to people like khalid, a retired teacher from dan burry. she's got diabetes. she's got sleep apnea. what she wants is not more politics on the floor of the house of representatives. she wants relief. she doesn't want another five-hour debate on top of the other 29. she wants this bill implemented. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from connecticut yields back his time. the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. pitts: mr. speaker, at this time i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. olson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. olson: i rise in support of repealing obamacare. unconstitutional under the commerce clause, it is, but unfortunately the supreme court allowed it to continue as a tax, a tax. but the supreme court does not hav
the american people want us to move on. and what they would suggest is instead of listening to their inner glenn close that maybe house republicans should start listening to people like khalid, a retired teacher from dan burry. she's got diabetes. she's got sleep apnea. what she wants is not more politics on the floor of the house of representatives. she wants relief. she doesn't want another five-hour debate on top of the other 29. she wants this bill implemented. i yield back. the speaker pro...
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who of us could watch such a procedure, who of us could conduct such a procedure? who of us? doctor lavinto did, hundreds of time in his testimony. but his little girl died and he took two weeks off and came back to work again thinking he was going to commit other abortions and he got halfway through and he said, i looked at that pile of goo on the plate and i realized that's somebody's daughter. this is somebody's daughter. this is somebody's son. this is a little baby. this is a little miracle of life. this is god's image. being torn apart and dismembered and placed on a plate. i'm hearing that it's a constitutional right to do such an abhorrent thing. it's ghastly. it's ghoulish. and it's the worst thing i would think one could put their hand to. if you can't watch it, you sure can't do it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arizona reserves. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i am proud to recognize the delegate from washington, d.c., an excellent member of this body, eleanor holmes norton. for as much time as she m
who of us could watch such a procedure, who of us could conduct such a procedure? who of us? doctor lavinto did, hundreds of time in his testimony. but his little girl died and he took two weeks off and came back to work again thinking he was going to commit other abortions and he got halfway through and he said, i looked at that pile of goo on the plate and i realized that's somebody's daughter. this is somebody's daughter. this is somebody's son. this is a little baby. this is a little...